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Hendon 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Milk Foods/Beverages 17 tins
Mustard 5 tins
Paste 1 tube
Peanuts 12 tins/410 pkts.
Pepper 24 tins
Pickles 2 jars
Potato Crisps 10 pkts.
Pudding Mixture 30 pkts.
Rice 19 lb./7 tins
Salad Cream etc. 1 jar
Semolina 11 lb.
Spaghetti 1 carton
Spice 10 cartons
Squash 1 bottle
Suet 3½ lb.
Sugar 115 lb.
Tapioca ½ lb.
Tea 11¾ lb,
Vermicelli 4 pkts.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955.
The Middlesex County Council is the Food and Drugs Authority for the Borough of
Hendon and I am indebted to Mr. John A, O'Keefe the Chief Officer of the Public Control
Department for the following report on the work of his Department during the year.
LIST OF SAMPLES PROCURED IN THE BOROUGH OF HENDON DURING THE YEAR 1957.
| Article | Total Samples Procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (New) | 63 | 11 |
| Milk (Various) | 132 | 3 |
| Butter | 35 | - |
| Cakes | 14 | 3 |
| Cheese | 3 | - |
| Cream | 38 | - |
| Drugs | 46 | 2 |
| Fish and Fish Products | 27 | 5 |
| Fruit (Fresh) | 3 | 2 |
| Fruit (Canned) | 4 | - |
| Fruit Juice,, etc. | 4 | - |
| Ice-cream | 29 | - |
| Liver | 25 | - |
| Margarine | 20 | - |
| Meat and Meat Products | 42, | 1 |
| Preserves | 7 | - |
| Sausages etc. | 15 | - |
| Spirits | 9 | - |
| Sweets | 10 | 2 |
| Vinegar | 32 | 4 |
| Miscellaneous | 23 | - |
| TOTALS | 581 | 33 |